1-year experience in the field of surface science (XPS) on the VG-Scientific equipment (ESCALAB series). This includes the following procedures: surface treatment (vacuum cleavage, chemical and chemical-mechanical polishing, Ar-sputtering, vacuum annealing), spectra recording, mathematical treatment, data interpretation in terms of different models. Certain experience in the application of synchrotron radiation to the surface studies.

1-year experience in the field of quantum chemical calculations. Basic knowledge of semiempirical calculation approaches (PM3).

Certain experience in phase diagrams research (samples synthesis and analysis) and crystal growth (VLS technique).

Advanced knowledge of English (Cambridge Advanced English certificate, A-mark).

1999 to present days

MSU, Department of Chemistry

Inorganic chemistry coursepaper competition, Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry – 1^st prize winner.

XI D.I. Mendeleev scientific competition for students studying chemistry, diploma award.

International Conference for students and post-graduates “Lomonosov-2001”, MSU, Moscow, – diploma for a successful report made in the Inorganic chemistry section.

International Conference for students and post-graduates “Lomonosov-2001”, MSU, Moscow, - 1^st prize winner in the English language in Chemistry section.

International Conference for students and post-graduates “Lomonosov-2002”, MSU, Moscow, - diplomas for the best work in the field of inorganic chemistry and for successful report.

“Grants of Moscow” award for students.

Personal M.V. Lomonosov scholarship for outstanding students.

Moscow government scholarship for outstanding students.

International Conference for students and post-graduates “Lomonosov-2003”, MSU, Moscow, - diploma for successful report, the report was marked by the conference committee as the best in the field of inorganic chemistry.

Personal scholarship of the President of Russian Federation for outstanding students.

1998-2000

Grant of State Program “Universities of Russia – fundamental Researches” – “The principals to control semiconducting multicomponent crystal composition and growth rate”(Participant).

Grant of Russian Foundation of Basic Researches “Non-stoichiometry and reactivity of phases in three- and four- component systems”(Participant).

Grant of Russian Foundation of Basic Researches “The reactivity of NaCl-structural type nonstoichiometric semiconductors in heterogeneous reactions”(Participant).

Grant of bilateral program “Russian-German Laboratory at Bessy II”: “ Impurity charge state, surface core level shifts and surface oxidation of (100) PbTe(X) surface (X=Ge,Ga,In)” (Participant).

16,including two articles in reviewed journal

1. Roman A. Piskovoy “Investigation of PbTe single crystals growth by the VLS technique” (2002).
2. Ekaterina N. Hudyakova “Phase diagram studies of the quasibinary system PbTe-GaTe” (2003).
3. Valentina P. Mitrokhina “PbSe single crystal growth by the VLS technique” (2003).

1. Yashina L.V., Kobeleva S.P., Neudachina V.S., Shatalova T.B., Zlomanov V.P. XPS study of fresh and oxidized (Pb,Ge)Te surface. // Surf. Interf. Analysis, 2002, v.34, p.498-501.
2. Shtanov V.I., Yashina L.V., Tamm M.E., Timofeeva O.E., Neudachina V.S., Dunaeva T.A. VLS growth of (Pb,Ge,Sn)Te solid solution crystals, IX National conference on crystal growth, Moscow, Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of sciences,16-20 October 2000, abstracts.
3. Shtanov V.I., Dunaeva T.A., Yashina L.V, Neudachina V.S., Veremeev K.Yu. . The VLS growth of (Pb,Sn,Ge)Te solid solution crystals. // 6^th International workshop “High-temperature superconductors and novel inorganic materials engineering”. June 24-30, 2001, Moscow-St. Petersburg, Russia. Abst., p. РIII-9.
4. Yashina L.V., Kobeleva S.P., Neudachina V.S., Tikhonov E.V., Shatalova T.B., Zlomanov V.P. XPS study of fresh and oxidized (Pb,Ge)Te crystal surface. // 9^th European Conference on Application of Surface and Interface Analysis. 1-5 October 2001, Avignon, France. Abst., р. 350.
5. Yashina L.V., Kobeleva S.P., Neudachina V.S., Shatalova T.B., Zlomanov V.P. Study of (Pb, Ge)Te surface oxidation by means of XPS. // 8^th European Conference on Solid State Chemistry. July 2001, Oslo. Abst., p. P113.
6. Yashina L.V., Tikhonov E.V., Chaika A.N., Kobeleva S.P., Neudachina V.S., Shtanov V.I. Electron spectroscopy studies of clean and oxidized PbTe(100) surfaces. // 10^th European Conference on Applications of Surface and Interface Analysis. 5-10 October 2003, Berlin, Germany. Abst., p. 308.
7. Yashina L.V., Tikhonov E.V., Neudachina V.S., Zyubina T.S., Chaika A.N., Shtanov V.I., Kobeleva S.P., Dobrovolsky Yu.A. The oxidation of PbTe(100) surface in dry oxygen. // Surface Interface Analysis, 2004, in press.